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OPINION: The release of the King's Birthday Honours list would normally be Milking It's cue to moan about how agriculture, the backbone of the economy, had again been overlooked.

The New Zealand National Fieldays Society chief executive Peter Nation is to step down in December after eight years in the role.

The four-day National Fieldays at Mystery Creek last week attracted 106,000 visitors.

Fieldays has added another feather to its cap - the coveted New Zealand Story’s FernMark licence programme.

With the 56th running of the National Fieldays just over a week away, Mystery Creek is transforming into a large village, as home to over a thousand exhibitors from the 12th to 15th June.

With the 56th running of the National Fieldays only a fortnight away, the Mystery Creek Event Centre is morphing into a large village, where more than a thousand exhibitors will set up shop from the 12th to 15th June.

This year’s Fieldays will feature a Rural Advocacy Hub - bringing together various rural organisations who are advocating for farmers and championing their interests as one team, under one roof, for the first time.

It's that time again to break out the gumboots and a warm coat for the National Fieldays, which for 2023, returns to its normal mid-winter timeslot.

It's that time again to break out the gumboots and a warm coat for the National Fieldays, which for 2023, returns to its normal mid-winter timeslot.

Some early rain on the opening day meant less of a crowd poured into the Mystery Creek site last week.